Exam 2: Suffixes and Combining Forms Made Easy

Robotic surgery is sometimes referred to as minimally:

A 78-year-old man who had a blood vessel removed during surgery is likely to have which term documented in his chart?

Protrusion of all or part of an organ through the wall of a cavity that contains it is called:

A patient is being seen in the emergency department. The physician orders an x-ray of the patient's arm. Which department specializes in x-rays?

A 16-year-old woman confides in you that she has an excessive preoccupation that leads to stealing on impulse. Which term would you document to describe her statement?

A physician who specializes in working with only newborns up to 28 days old is called a(n):

Inflammation of the eye is called:

Calcipenia means :

A patient presents with complaints of muscle pain. The proper term for this is:

The term cardiologist means :

Surgical removal of a breast is termed _____.

Excision of a small piece of living tissue for microscopic examination is called:

Which type of physician is most likely to perform an augmentation mammoplasty?

Partial or total excision of a nerve is called:

A term that means uniting a wound by stitches is:

A term that means excessive vomiting is:

An enzyme that breaks down fat is:

The medical specialty that is devoted to treating diseases of the female reproductive organs, including the breasts, is:

Mastopexy means :

Neurolysis is: